Milk Alternatives We Love!

How do you pick which one? We are lucky enough not to deal with any Nut allergies but obviously if you have to that may be a factor. We were advised to use enriched milks for our son as he is still little and needs those extra vitamins and minerals, especially the calcium! Other than that we go with what is available, what we are using it for (sweet or savoury – we often have one for each purpose) and sometimes what the best price is!

We can’t comment on many Soya Milks as we can’t use them due to our allergies – if you would like to submit a review let us know via our Contact Us page!

Provitamil OatDrink – DF LF SF EF NF. This tastes pretty

much the same as the Oatly as far as we can tell but it IS

enriched – so great for younger children or those on a

restricted diet.

It is also produced exclusively in the UK, which seems kind of nice if

you like to support local business.

Oatly – DF LF SF EF NF. This Oat milk can be used as

a drink or a cooking ingredient. They also offer a chocolate milk and a

cream – Yummy! The organic one is NOT enriched so be aware if you want

to use this for little people.

Oatly Chocolate Oat Drink– DF LF SF EF NF. This Oat milk can be used as

a drink or a cooking ingredient. We love the oat drink served really cold, or warmed as a chocolatey treat! A firm fixture in the Hub fridge!

Oatly Cream - DF SF NF. Perfect as a single cream substitute for drizzling over strawberries or for cooking - try turning it into our Caramel Cream for a treat or profiterole filling!

Vivesoy Chocolate - DF LF EF NF. We are awaiting a review but understand this to be a great alternative!

Vivesoy Cappuccino -DF EF NF WF. Nice to have an option of a ready-made cool milk alternative drink, with a hit of coffee.

Blue Diamond Almond Milk-DF LF EF SF GF & PEANUT FREE.

This is available in Sweetened, Unsweetened and Chocolate. We love

using the sweetened versions for desserts, on cereals and chilled for a

drink – it has a sweeter taste than the oat milks so we wouldn’t use it

in a “cheese” sauce for example but we love it as a custard base.

Everybody loves the chocolate version – it tastes really rich and

decadent so our allergy suffering lad has to fight off his siblings for this one (and Mummy when she needs that not-so-naughty chocolate hit!).

Alpro Almond Milk - DF LF SF GF WF **MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF HAZELNUTS** This product is enriched, and again has a pleasing nutty taste. we like it served cold on a hot day with a Magic Straw as a perfect nutty chocolate drink - we also use it to make a rich custard,

Alpro Hazelnut Milk –DF LF MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF ALMONDS

This is another enriched product, with a slightly different flavour

to the almond

milks we like this one as a drink or on sweet dishes (or even our cereals).

The adults have been known to use it in fresh coffees to add a rich nutty taste.

Alpro Oat Original - DF SF Contains GLUTEN. This is

another oat drink - we haven't tried this one yet - although as soon as

we have we'll update you! Or let us know what you think vuia our contact

extra calcium and vitamin D2. Not recommended as a Milk substitute for babies and children under 5 due to the levels of inorganic arsenic (NHS guidelines) but suitable for older children and adults. Suitable for all uses - drinks and cooking.